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My 2017 Visit to
the Manner of Flowers
Aniello Panico
Aniello
Panico has been a student and devotee of Adi Da Samraj
since 1972. Aniello was also instrumental in the establishment
of the Dawn
Horse Press, the publishing house responsible for the publication
of Avatar Adi Da's Teaching. Now in his 80's, and having spent
considerable time in Adi Da's Company, Aniello wants to share
a lifetime of enjoying the wisdom, energy, blessings and love
of Adi Da Samraj — an enjoyment so profound that he considers
himself the "luckiest man alive!".
This story was first published on Aniello's Facebook
page, My
Life With Adi Da Samraj.
On the occasion of my 82nd birthday, I was Blessed with the most
intimate Communion with our Beloved Master Adi Da. At that time
in 2017, years after His
Divine Mahasamadhi — the end of His human lifetime in November,
2008 — I was invited to receive Darshan of Him at His Residence,
The Manner
Of Flowers, at the Mountain
Of Attention Sanctuary.
The Manner of Flowers is served daily as a Temple, as if Bhagavan
was still alive bodily and in residence. This was also the case
during His lifetime, when He would be residing elsewhere.
It is a rare and Graceful Blessing to be invited to this Holy
Place. I was thrilled at the opportunity, but did not expect the
degree of Blessing that it would represent.
I was accompanied to the Manner by Ruchiradama Nadikanta. As
we entered the house, the feeling of the Guru's Tangible Presence
was immediate and powerful. Unbelievable. It filled up my chest
and body with the profound feeling of His Love-Bliss. It was as
Real as it could get. I bowed down and just wanted to stay
there.
I felt Adi Da saying to me: "Aniello, it's been a while.
So good to see you."
The feeling was so strong it forced me to exclaim, "Oh my Lord!"
The strength of His Presence released the ache that had been in my heart since His Passing
nine years earlier. And that Blessing still supports and feeds
my heart and my practice to this day.
Ruchiradama Nadikanta felt that Blessing, too. Later she said,
"I felt Beloved Respond, as He Always did, with His Immense
Love and Enjoyment at having you with Him."
I can testify that this Holy Place is alive with His Presence.
He is still in residence there, as He is in all the Adidam Holy
Places He has established around the world.
No doubt about it!
